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Croatia 2-0 Nigeria - June 16, 2018 / World Cup 2018

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World Cup 2018 - Round 1 - Group D

Kaliningrad Stadium - Kaliningrad - Russia

June 16, 2018 - 21:00

31 136

2 - 0

Nigeria

(o.g) Peter Etebo

32'

(penalty) Luka Modric

71'

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31' - Yellow card Ivan Rakitic31

32' - Own goal Peter Etebo32

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60' - Substitution Andrej Kramaricis substituted by Marcelo Brozovic60

62' - Substitution Alex Iwobiis substituted by Ahmed Musa

70' - Yellow card William Troost-Ekong

71' - Goal Luka Modric71

76' - Substitution Odion Ighalois substituted by Kelechi Iheanacho

78' - Substitution Ante Rebicis substituted by Mateo Kovacic78

86' - Substitution Mario Mandzukicis substituted by Marko Pjaca86

88' - Substitution John Obi Mikelis substituted by Simy

89' - Yellow card Marcelo Brozovic89

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Team line-ups LIVE Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Croatia

2 - 0

Nigeria

Croatia Nigeria

Team line-ups

Croatia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

17Mandzukic86

Mario Mandzukic

Croatia

B.date21/05/1986

Age32 years

H1m86

positionStriker

4Perisic

Ivan Perisic

Croatia

B.date02/02/1989

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

9Kramaric60

Andrej Kramaric

Croatia

B.date19/06/1991

Age26 years

H1m77

positionStriker

18Rebic78

Ante Rebic

Croatia

B.date21/09/1993

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

10Modric71

Luka Modric

Croatia

B.date09/09/1985

Age32 years

H1m74

positionPlaymaker

7Rakitic31

Ivan Rakitic

Croatia

B.date10/03/1988

Age30 years

H1m84

positionPlaymaker

3Strinic

Ivan Strinic

Croatia

B.date17/07/1987

Age30 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

21Vida

Domagoj Vida

Croatia

B.date29/04/1989

Age29 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

6Lovren

Dejan Lovren

Croatia

B.date05/07/1989

Age28 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

2Vrsaljko

Sime Vrsaljko

Croatia

B.date10/01/1992

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

23Subasic

Danijel Subasic

Croatia

B.date27/10/1984

Age33 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Danijel Subasic		33	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Domagoj Vida		29	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Dejan Lovren		28	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ivan Strinic		30	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Sime Vrsaljko		26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Ivan Perisic		29	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Luka Modric	71	32	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ivan Rakitic	31	30	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Ante Rebic	78	24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Andrej Kramaric	60	26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Mario Mandzukic	86	32	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Nigeria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Ighalo76

Odion Ighalo

Nigeria

B.date16/06/1989

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

11Moses

Victor Moses

Nigeria

B.date12/12/1990

Age27 years

H1m77

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10Obi Mikel88

John Obi Mikel

Nigeria

B.date22/04/1987

Age31 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

18Iwobi62

Alex Iwobi

Nigeria

B.date03/05/1996

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

4Ndidi

Wilfred Ndidi

Nigeria

B.date16/12/1996

Age21 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

8Etebo32

Peter Etebo

Nigeria

B.date09/11/1995

Age22 years

H1m76

positionBox-to-box midfielder

2Idowu

Brian Idowu

Nigeria

B.date18/05/1992

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

12Shehu

Abdullahi Shehu

Nigeria

B.date12/03/1993

Age25 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

5Troost-Ekong70

William Troost-Ekong

Nigeria

B.date01/09/1993

Age24 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

6Balogun

Leon Balogun

Nigeria

B.date28/06/1988

Age29 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

23Uzoho

Francis Uzoho

Nigeria

B.date28/10/1998

Age19 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Francis Uzoho		19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Abdullahi Shehu		25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Leon Balogun		29	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	William Troost-Ekong	70	24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Brian Idowu		26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	John Obi Mikel	88	31	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Wilfred Ndidi		21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Peter Etebo	32	22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Victor Moses		27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Alex Iwobi	62	22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Odion Ighalo	76	28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Dominik Livakovic		23
12	G	Lovre Kalinic		28
15	D	Duje Caleta-Car		21
5	D	Vedran Corluka		32
13	D	Tin Jedvaj		22
22	D	Josip Pivaric		29
19	M	Milan Badelj		29
14	M	Filip Bradaric		26
11	M	Marcelo Brozovic	6089	25	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Mateo Kovacic	78	24	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Marko Pjaca	86	23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Nikola Kalinic		30

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Daniel Akpeyi		31
1	G	Ikechukwu Ezenwa		29
22	D	Kenneth Omeruo		24
20	D	Chidozie Awaziem		21
21	D	Tyronne Ebuehi		22
3	D	Elderson Echiejile		30
17	M	Ogenyi Onazi		25
15	M	Joel Obi		27
19	M	John Ogu		30
7	F	Ahmed Musa	62	25	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Kelechi Iheanacho	76	21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	Simy	88	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sime Vrsaljko

Vedran Corluka

OUT

Andrej Kramaric

Milan Badelj

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Etebo

John Ogu

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Zlatko Dalic

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Dalic vs Nigeria

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 16, 2018

Dalic vs Rohr

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 16, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Gernot Rohr

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Rohr vs Croatia

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 16, 2018

Rohr vs Dalic

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 16, 2018

Referee

Sandro Meira Ricci

1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Croatia2 matches	General total	Nigeria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Croatia2 matches	Season total	Nigeria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on July 07, 2018					Latest figure on June 16, 2018

4th official

Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Croatia1 match	General total	Nigeria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Croatia1 match	Season total	Nigeria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 16, 2018					Latest figure on June 16, 2018

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Important actions

90+5'		End of game.
90+3'		Mateo Kovacic shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
90+1'		Foul on Marko Pjaca.
90'		Cross deflected from the right wing by Victor Moses.
89'		Yellow card! Marcelo Brozovic is shown a YELLOW CARD.
88'		John Obi Mikel is substituted by Simy.
88'		Victor Moses misses the target with the right foot.
87'		Peter Etebo envoie le ballon with the right foot directement dans les tribunes.
86'		Mario Mandzukic is substituted by Marko Pjaca.
86'		Handball conceded by Mario Mandzukic.
84'		Foul on Ivan Perisic conceded by Abdullahi Shehu.
82'		Leon Balogun shoots headershot but the goalkeeper makes the save.
81'		Cutback from the left wing by Kelechi Iheanacho.
80'		Cross captured by the goalkeeper from the right midfield by Luka Modric.
79'		Foul on Ivan Rakitic.
79'		Perfect cross from the left wing by Ivan Perisic.
79'		Ante Rebic is substituted by Mateo Kovacic.
77'		Kelechi Iheanacho misses the target with the left foot.
77'		Cross deflected by John Obi Mikel.
77'		Cross deflected from the left wing by Ante Rebic.
76'		Odion Ighalo is substituted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
74'		Cross deflected from the right wing by Ivan Rakitic.
73'		Ante Rebic gets a corner.
71'		GOOOAAAAL!! Luka Modric scores.
70'		PENALTY on Mario Mandzukic conceded by William Troost-Ekong.
70'		Yellow card! William Troost-Ekong is shown a YELLOW CARD.
70'		Corner taken by Luka Modric.
69'		Ivan Perisic gets a corner, conceded by Abdullahi Shehu.
68'		Foul on Ivan Rakitic conceded by John Obi Mikel.
66'		Foul on John Obi Mikel.
64'		Cross deflected from the left midfield by Luka Modric.
64'		Mario Mandzukic misses the target headershot.
63'		Corner taken by Ivan Rakitic.
63'		Corner.
62'		Alex Iwobi is substituted by Ahmed Musa.
60'		Andrej Kramaric is substituted by Marcelo Brozovic.
60'		Odion Ighalo shoots headershot but the goalkeeper makes the save.
59'		Foul conceded by Luka Modric.
58'		Cross captured by the goalkeeper from the right midfield by Victor Moses.
56'		Ante Rebic is caught offside.
55'		Cross deflected by Ivan Perisic.
55'		Corner taken by Victor Moses.
54'		Corner.
52'		Alex Iwobi misses the target with the right foot.
51'		Foul on Peter Etebo conceded by Mario Mandzukic.
51'		Ivan Rakitic misses the target with the right foot from outside the box.
49'		Victor Moses misses the target with the left foot.
48'		Corner.
48'		Corner taken by Victor Moses.
47'		Corner.
47'		Leon Balogun misses the target headershot.
47'		Corner taken by Victor Moses.
47'		Corner, conceded by Ivan Strinic.
45'		Second half.
45+2'		Half time.
45+1'		Victor Moses envoie le ballon with the right foot from outside the box directement dans les tribunes.
45+1'		There will be 2 min. of additional time.
45+1'		Alex Iwobi misses the target with the right foot.
45+1'		Cross deflected from the right wing by Victor Moses.
45'		Foul on Victor Moses conceded by Ante Rebic.
43'		Sime Vrsaljko dévisse complètement son tir with the right foot.
40'		Foul on Ante Rebic.
40'		Andrej Kramaric misses the target headershot.
39'		Cross deflected from the right wing by Andrej Kramaric.
38'		Missed cross from the right wing by Sime Vrsaljko.
37'		Foul conceded by Luka Modric.
32'		Corner.
32'		Ante Rebic voit son tir contré filer en corner.
32'		Cross deflected by Andrej Kramaric.
32'		GOOOAAAAL!! Peter Etebo marque un but contre son camp.
31'		Yellow card! Ivan Rakitic is shown a YELLOW CARD.
28'		Cross deflected from the right wing by Ante Rebic.
28'		Foul on Sime Vrsaljko.
28'		Foul conceded by Ante Rebic.
24'		Ivan Rakitic is caught offside.
24'		Cross deflected from the right wing by Sime Vrsaljko.
23'		Peter Etebo misses the target from outside the box.
22'		Odion Ighalo gets a corner.
22'		Odion Ighalo voit son tir contré filer en corner.
20'		Cross captured by the goalkeeper from the right midfield by Luka Modric.
19'		Foul on Andrej Kramaric conceded by Leon Balogun.
18'		Corner taken by Luka Modric.
17'		Ivan Perisic gets a corner.
16'		Andrej Kramaric has his shot with the right foot from outside the box end up close to the posts.
15'		Foul on Odion Ighalo conceded by Domagoj Vida.
14'		Ivan Perisic voit sa frappe with the right foot hors de la surface passer légèrement au-dessus.
13'		Cross deflected from the right midfield by Victor Moses.
13'		Foul on Victor Moses conceded by Ivan Strinic.
12'		Cross captured by the goalkeeper from the left wing by John Obi Mikel.
12'		Foul on Peter Etebo.
9'		Foul on Victor Moses conceded by Ivan Rakitic.
9'		Corner taken by Luka Modric.
9'		Corner.
6'		Foul on William Troost-Ekong conceded by Ante Rebic.
5'		Foul on Victor Moses conceded by Mario Mandzukic.
3'		Cross deflected from the left wing by Ivan Perisic.
3'		Andrej Kramaric is caught offside.
1'		Cross deflected by Victor Moses.
1'		Foul on Odion Ighalo conceded by Dejan Lovren.
0'		First half.

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Key figures

Croatia keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw surterrainneutre running (since 27/05/2017). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 18/06/2012-12/06/2016 time period (8 matches).

It's the first time since the 30/06/2014 (France vs Nigeria ) that a game ends with 2-0 in World Cup

It's the first time Luka Modric scores a goal in his professional career with Croatia since the 09/11/2017 (with Croatia vs Greece )

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

1	Croatia	3 pts	1 rd
2	Iceland	1 pt	1 rd
3	Argentina	1 pt	1 rd
4	Nigeria	0 pt	1 rd

General ranking

1	Croatia	3 pts	1 rd
2	Iceland	1 pt	1 rd
3	Argentina	1 pt	1 rd
4	Nigeria	0 pt	1 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

VKosovo 0-6 Croatia06/10/2016

DChile 1-1 Croatia10/01/2017

VMexico 1-2 Croatia27/05/2017

LPeru 2-0 Croatia23/03/2018

VMexico 0-1 Croatia27/03/2018

LBrazil 2-0 Croatia03/06/2018

Overall

VCroatia 4-1 Greece09/11/2017

DGreece 0-0 Croatia12/11/2017

LPeru 2-0 Croatia23/03/2018

VMexico 0-1 Croatia27/03/2018

LBrazil 2-0 Croatia03/06/2018

VCroatia 2-1 Senegal08/06/2018

Current form

Neutral ground

VLibya 0-1 Nigeria19/01/2018

VEquatorial Guinea 1-3 Nigeria23/01/2018

VNigeria 2-1 Angola28/01/2018

VSudan 0-1 Nigeria31/01/2018

LNigeria 0-2 Serbia27/03/2018

LNigeria 0-1 Czech Republic06/06/2018

Overall

LMorocco 4-0 Nigeria04/02/2018

VPoland 0-1 Nigeria23/03/2018

LNigeria 0-2 Serbia27/03/2018

DNigeria 1-1 DR Congo28/05/2018

LEngland 2-1 Nigeria02/06/2018

LNigeria 0-1 Czech Republic06/06/2018

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	4	4
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	6	2
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

0	Number of games (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0